Thursday, December 27, 2012

A CROWN for PAUL: TEMPLATE & TUTORIAL TO MAKE A CROWN

I took up the challenge to make a crown for Paul (a very dear crafting
friend). He has a special dinner to attend and was simply themed 'hats'.
Initially it was quite a difficult challenge as I had all these
brilliant idea brewing in my head, from wiring an armature for papier
mache to even using puff paints. After a few failed tries, I resorted to
plain old chipboard. Ah! Why didn't I just use them ole cardboard! Duh!

We wanted to replicate the crown from the series Game of Thrones.

Cutting out the crown from the template. Drop me a comment if you want the template.

Glueing the cut outs onto the circular frame.

Arranging as you glue.

I even copied the pattern at the base to add some texture at the bottom.

Paper crown drying. Lot's of glue here and there.

A base coat of brown. Dry painting is best here, you don't want to mush up the chipboard. This material absorbs more moisture, so the paint dries really fast.

2 coats to make sure I cover the entire paper crown.

Dry brushing gold onto the brown coat.

Love this method! The dry brushing adds a real golden sheen to the whole crown.

Looks antiquated now. Air dry and then a layer of modge podge is applied on the inside of the crown. This is to make sure that the paint stays on the crown and not transfer onto the forehead. I did not varnish the front of the crown for fear of it appearing to shiny. You want the aged golden look. A strip of felt is glued to the rim for comfort.

Glued amber gems on the four corners.

See the felt at the brim.

Close up of the gem. They're just plastic tacks I found at Daiso.

Thanks Paul for the picture! Dashing isn't he?!! LOL.

Hi! I'm still sending out the template. But do remember to leave your e-mail address so that I can forward you one. Thanks peeps!!!

can you please send me the template for the crown :) my bro is having a game of thrones birthday party and my birthday present to him is a GoT birthday cake + cupcakes. YAY! :P this would help pull the whole theme together is he wears the crown as well :)

Impressive! I would really appreciate the template as I'm trying to construct a crown for an amateur theatre production of King Lear. Love what you've done and would like to try it myself. Email address is social.xperimnt@gmail.com. Thanks!

Please send me the template! I love it! And need one soon! I am making the crown for the King of MidSummer Mardi Gras in August 2014. Please please please send me the template! lorie.lund@yahoo.comThank you! It looks really awesome! Lorie Lund

Great job! Keep up the good work! I'm having a costume party tonight and it would be wonderful if you could share your template with me :) my email is ernest_cv@hotmail.com I would really really appreciate it!

Not sure how long this post has been up, but I love the crown! Could you email the template to maryengstrom@cox.net and what did you use for the base of the chipboard? Thank you so much! You could sell these on etsy as an instant download! There wasn't much GOT on Etsy...

This is so awesome! I'm throwing a game of thrones 21st birthday party and if you're willing I would so love and appreciate it if you would share your awesome template! Thank you so much in advance :) I would love to make this for my party.Melia.km@aol.com

This is wonderful! I would love to download the template for my grandgirl's "Golden" birthday. We live in a mountain area and she would love it for her party. It's this Saturday and I only have a couple of days free to make it. Any chance of getting it now? Sorry for the rush request. purplemime@hotmail.com

I'm throwing a GoT party and we have a betting pool on which main character is going to die first this season. Along with the prize money I'd love to give the winner a crown when we have the season finale party. So please send me the template.